Olga Kiseleva

Program Director, Russia

Russia (Nadezhda) Program Director’s Welcome

Children of Promise or ‘Nadezhda detyam’ is a unique program for children in need. It provides everyone with an opportunity to be a Christian, practicing charity and compassion to children’s needs in oversea’s lands.

In our program we have children who suffer from air pollution and as a result, often get sick. Some of them come from families with a single parent or from a family with many children, or from a family with a limited income.

The program allows us to serve the children by providing them with groceries, medication, personal hygiene items, and school supplies. All this transforms the life of each child because they know that somebody truly loves them and takes good care of them.

The Bible teaches us to “love our neighbor as we love ourselves” (Mat. 22:39, Mark 12:31, Luke 10:27). Each sponsor of a child who lives in a far-away country becomes that very neighbor. It is a true miracle! God’s command is working!

We witness that in genuine joy and love, in the tears of gratitude in the eyes of the children. God acts through the sponsors in the COP program to change the lives of children to the better.